'in Oaxaca where political issues are much cooler than in Chiapas' - oh, if only it were that simple ... there are some quite civil orderly places in Chiapas, and areas in Oaxaca and Guerrero i wouldn't go without an army .... depends on the specific valley you're in [if you're on a hill you have to deal with two valley cultures, and good luck with that!], how you hold your mouth, what you're up to, what you're perceived to be up to, and probably the time of day as well
'All politics are local' - forget who said that, but it's true everywhere, and the real gritty kind is the most local .... in México you'll be dealing with four levels of government -
1. ejidal [assuming it is ejido land, not propiedad pequeña]
2. municipal [equivalent of regional district, or county]
3. estatal
4. federal
... listed in order of declining difficulty -g- ... if you get on well with the ejido, and the ejido gets on well with the municipio, you've got it made .... or, on the way to being eventually made .... |
